State and federal wildlife officials said the bald eagle was shot in Union County in January. A $7,500 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Because of its injuries, officials say in a news release that the eagle could not have flown far from where it was shot. The eagle had multiple shot shell pellet wounds to its wings, leg and eye and was euthanized.

Another eagle was shot in Neshoba County in early December 2012. That eagle had to be euthanized. It was found in the Nanih Waiya Wildlife Management Area.

A bald eagle was shot in Stone County near Wiggins in mid-January. The eagle survived.